▲ The casting posters, provided on Aug. 16, 2023 by Netflix, show main actors Kim Tae-ri and Hong Kyung who will voice the U.S. video streamer's first K-animation film, "Necessary for This Star." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

Kim Tae-ri, Hong Kyung to voice in Netflix's 1st K-anime

 

SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actors Kim Tae-ri and Hong Kyung will voice in Netflix’s first original K-animation film “Necessary for This Star,” the U.S. video streamer said on Wednesday.

 

The film, spearheading Netflix’s venture into Korean animations, portrays a long-distance romance between space scientist Nan-young and a singer-cum-sound equipment repair shop owner Jae.

 

Kim plays Nan-young, who embarks on a journey to explore Mars in search of traces left by her mother's failed return to Earth due to an accident. Hong takes on the role of Jae, who reunites with Nan-young through the turntable, her mother's heirloom, and cultivates love.

 

Prior to Necessary for This Star, Kim and Hong Kyung previously collaborated in the SBS drama “Ghost.”

 

Director Han Ji-won, known for the recent animated film adaptation of Choi Eun-young's novel “That Summer,” is at the helm. 

 

jwc@yna.co.kr

 

 

 

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